Manuscripts

Correspondence, maps

Description: The collection consists of letters, a letter book, manuscripts, a journal, a sketch of Fort Ludlow, Washington, a map, and documents. There is one logbook related to the voyage of the Ship Sarah Parker to San Francisco via Cape Horn, from 1852 to 1855, visits to North Pacific ports, and the return trip to Massachusetts. The journal in the collection is by Charlotte Coffin Gardner. The collection also contains a few accounts for the ships Courier, Mary Mitchell, and Flora. There is also correspondence in the collection from 1920 to 1965, most of which is between Grace Brown Gardner, the granddaughter of William B. Gardner and Charlotte Gardner, and Eleanor Jane Graves. This correspondence focuses on the Gardner journal and early Nantucket inhabitants. There are also photographs of William B. Garner and Charlotte Gardiner, dated between 1850 and 1870.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1847-1965
Call number: mssHM 39123-39177

William Bunker Gardner papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters, a letter book, manuscripts, a journal, a sketch of Fort Ludlow, Washington, a map, and documents. There is one logbook related to the voyage of the Ship Sarah Parker to San Francisco via Cape Horn, from 1852 to 1855, visits to North Pacific ports, and the return trip to Massachusetts. The journal in the collection is by Charlotte Coffin Gardner. The collection also contains a few accounts for the ships Courier, Mary Mitchell, and Flora. There is also correspondence in the collection from 1920 to 1965, most of which is between Grace Brown Gardner, the granddaughter of William B. Gardner and Charlotte Gardner, and Eleanor Jane Graves. This correspondence focuses on the Gardner journal and early Nantucket inhabitants. There are also photographs of William B. Garner and Charlotte Gardiner, dated between 1850 and 1870.

mssHM 39123-39180

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Letter book, journal, ships' log, photographs

Manuscripts

mssHM 39178-39180

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Sketch of Fort Ludlow, Washington Territory

Manuscripts

Sketch of Port Ludlow mill and townsite as it was in 1856. Also: drawing of house built by Joshua Thorndike in 1856.

mssHM 39177

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Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera

Manuscripts

This small collection chiefly contains correspondence between lawyer John Alexander Wills and his wife, Charlotte Le Moyne Wills, before and during the American Civil War, and a few letters between Charlotte Le Moyne Wills and her daughter, Madeline Francis Wills. In addition, there are several manuscripts pertaining to the French history in Gallipolis and Gallia County, Ohio. Ephemera includes newspaper clippings and a drawing of the plan purchase by the Ohio Company and Scioto Land Company.

mssHM 80151-80181

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Correspondence

Manuscripts

This collection contains Sir William Beeston's correspondence and a journal segment from his second tenure as Governor of Jamaica. The correspondence from April 1702 discusses the management of his estate after Beeston was recalled as governor and includes instructions for the management of his enslaved workers. The first four items on an inventory of property he is leaving in Jamaica are property receipts for enslaved workers, one who is identified as Maria. The inventory also includes a line discharging a woman and her child, presumably a manumission of an enslaved woman and child. The journal, dating from September 1698 to June 1699 with the days of the week noted using astrological signs, covers the first expedition of Scottish colonists in the Gulf of Darien who attempted to establish the colony New Caledonia, and the initial English and Spanish response. Beeston includes mention of Richard Long, captain of the ship Rupert Prize as well as Vice-Admiral John Benbow, naval commander of the West Indies. Also in the journal are entries about outfitting vessels against pirates as well as the search for the pirate William Burke. When writing about ships carrying enslaved persons, Beeston uses the term "ye Assiento" to refer to the trade of enslaved persons with the Spanish. There is also correspondence from George Bennett and Mary Rule to Jane Modyford Long, Sir William Beeston's daughter, discussing the estate and a list of items to be sent from England to Jamaica. Lastly, there are receipts from 1721-1724 for the Jamaica estate.

mssBeeston

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Documents; Correspondence; Map; Ephemera

Manuscripts

This collection is divided into two main parts, both arranged chronologically: Documents and Correspondence. Both series relate to the Wiley Gold Mining Company. James Thompson's name or signature appears on a majority of the documents. The documents include stock certificates, indentures, mining claim agreements, certificates of location and labor, company by-laws, warranty deeds, and receipts between various members of the company, and they are drawn in Lida, Nevada; Kansas City, Missouri; and Phoenix, Arizona. With documents that contain more than one date, the date of signature is used in cataloging. The correspondence includes business letters between employees of the company, as well as letters from officers of the company to potential investors. Several of the letters also include bills for supplies, expenses, and labor. The correspondence contains letters from Big Pine, California; Kansas City, Missouri; Lida, Nevada; and Phoenix, Arizona. There are also two folders of ephemera, one containing two printed sketch maps of Nevada and one containing various printed material such as newsletters and pamphlets related to the Wiley Gold Mining Company and to other mining companies in the area. The latter folder also contains a blank "Articles of Incorporation" form.

mssHM 72181-72222

Correspondence, maps

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